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This wide-ranging introduction reveals the importance of language policy in relation to migration, globalization, cultural diversity, nation-building, education, and ethnic identity throughout several countries and continents. [More..] | |
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Everyone who works with children is a teacher and a leader. Written for early childhood teachers at all levels, Learning to Lead combines accessible leadership theory and practice with important topics and issues such as human development, diversity, anti-bias, work with families, and social change. Each chapter is built around a combination of theories, examples, and reflection questions -- all designed to prompt self-evaluation and personal leadership development. Debra Ren-etta Sullivan is President and Cofounder of the Praxis Institute for Early Childhood, Seattle, Washington. She has twenty-three years of experience in higher education as a teacher, researcher, and administrator and served as the first Dean of Pacific Oaks College Nort [More..] | |
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INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT: FOUNDATIONS AND TRENDS introduces students to the wide range of topics related to physical education, from the historical to the contemporary, including fitness education, professional and classroom ethics, careers, and future trends. This text introduces the various disciplines that comprise physical education and provides a valuable understanding of teaching in the field. [More..] | |
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This is the perfect book for those who want to understand why musical nurturing is important in children aged birth to eight years and how this can be accomplished in an easy and fun manner. Specific activities instruct the reader on singing, moving, playing and listening to music with young children. Supplemental material on understanding basic musical elements and terms gives the reader a comfort level if this subject is new to them. [More..] | |
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This comprehensive reader examines the most pressing topics in sociology and education and exposes students to examples of sociological research on schools. Drawing from classic and contemporary scholarship, noted sociologist Alan Sadovnik has chosen readings that examine current issues and reflect diverse theoretical approaches to studying the effects of schooling and society. This reader provides students with examples of both the best theory and research in the field. Through full, rather than excerpted primary source readings, the text presents the powerful insights of sociology in providing an understanding of the effects of schooling in contemporary society. [More..] | |
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This is a revised and expanded edition of a popular professional guide for academic authors and editors on textbook writing and higher education publishing. The new edition contains two new chapters on recent industry developments in the Information Age and the uses of learning objectives in textbook package development. New topics include pricing solutions, market segmentation in scholarly publishing, academic self-publishing, digitization, open access, wiki-textbooks, and author-editor/ author-publisher relations. The second edition features many new examples, practical tools, and links to resources for academic authors. [More..] | |
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Whitewashing War explores perhaps the most critical issue social studies educators presently face: How do we teach our students about war? In this timely book, Christopher Leahey investigates how the political struggles over the social studies curriculum, the corporate domination of the textbook and testing industry, and the curricular constraints of the No Child Left Behind Act combine to stifle historical inquiry and deprive students of meaningful social studies instruction. Using the controversial Vietnam War as a case study, Leahey holds textbook narratives up to the light, illuminating how the adoption process, interpretive framework, and selection of evidence combine to transform the past into thinly veiled historical myths. By attend [More..] | |
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Reflecting the dramatic and changing landscape in higher education, this Second Edition addresses the significant influences of the media, national commissions, private think tanks, professional organizations and the economy in shaping the many contexts in which higher education financial issues are addressed. This collection of 59 historical and current readings provides a broad spectrum of information and perspectives and covers a wide range of topics in terms of content as well as time period. The readings are organized into eight sections: Economics and Financing of Higher Education, Government Financing of Higher Education, Institutional Resources, Higher Education Expenditures, Planning and Resource Allocation, Financial Managem [More..] | |
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